...Pakistan’s commerce delegation was in Kabul for the last few days in connection with the finalisation of the implementation details of the new Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade[=Tanker] Agreement....

The fire fighting operation has focused both on extinguishing the fire, and cooling the adjoining tanks to prevent their explosion. The adjoining tank also caught fire at around 7.40 pm resulting in a much larger fire which has required the land based fire fighters to withdraw. The fire is now being tackled from the sea.

An investigation by The Independent on Sunday reveals that tobacco firms have taken advantage of lax marketing rules in developing [<] countries by aggressively promoting cigarettes to new, young consumers, while using lawyers, lobby groups and carefully selected statistics to bully governments that attempt to quash the industry in the West.